enmeshed experience and limits of representation - fields
enmeshed experience and limits of representation - fields
enmeshed experience and limits of representation - fields
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<strong>enmeshed</strong> <strong>experience</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>limits</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>representation</strong>
What then is time If no one asks me, I know; if I want to<br />
explain it to a questioner, I do not know… We measure times.<br />
But how can we measure what does not exist The past is no<br />
longer, the future is not yet. And what <strong>of</strong> the present The<br />
present has not duration… In order that we may compare a<br />
short <strong>and</strong> a long syllable, both must have died away. Thus I do<br />
not measure the syllables themselves, but the images <strong>of</strong> the<br />
two tones in my memory… Thus when I measure time, I<br />
measure impressions, modifications <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />
Saint Augustin
Enmeshed <strong>experience</strong> is not merely a place <strong>of</strong> events, things,<br />
<strong>and</strong> activities, but something more intangible, which emerges<br />
from the continuous unfolding <strong>of</strong> overlapping spaces, materials,<br />
<strong>and</strong> details.<br />
Steven Holl
Within <strong>enmeshed</strong> space, we underst<strong>and</strong> distinct objects,<br />
distinct <strong>fields</strong>, as a "whole." Our <strong>experience</strong> <strong>of</strong> a city can only<br />
be, however, perspectival, fragmented, incomplete. This<br />
<strong>experience</strong> consists <strong>of</strong> partial views through urban settings,<br />
which <strong>of</strong>fer a different kind <strong>of</strong> involvement or investigation<br />
than the bird's eye view, which is typically used by architects<br />
<strong>and</strong> planners.
The passage <strong>of</strong> time; light, shadow <strong>and</strong> transparency; colour<br />
phenomena, texture, material <strong>and</strong> detail all participate in the<br />
the complete <strong>experience</strong> <strong>of</strong> space.